Penduline-tits (Remizidae)
Yellow Penduline-tit (Anthoscopus parvulus) - HBW 13, p. 71
French: Rémiz à ventre jaune
German: Senegalbeutelmeise
Spanish: Pájaro-moscón Amarillo
Other common names: West African/Least Penduline Tit
Taxonomy: Aegithalus [sic] ? parvulus Heuglin, 1864, Bongo, Bahr-el-Ghazal, south Sudan.
Forms a superspecies with A. punctifrons, A. musculus, A. caroli and A. minutus. Geographical variation sometimes considered to be clinal, and complicated by effects of plumage wear; species treated by some authorities as monotypic. Proposed race citrinus (described from Bozoum, near Bouar, in W Central African Republic) considered inseparable from senegalensis. Three subspecies provisionally recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- senegalensis (Grote, 1924) - extreme S Mauritania, Senegal, Gambia and Guinea Bisseau E to N Benin, N Nigeria (E to W & S areas of L Chad), N Cameroon (Bénoué National Park) and W Central African Republic.
- aureus Bannerman, 1939 - NW Ghana (Bole).
- parvulus (Heuglin, 1864) - S Chad (S & E from E shores of L Chad), S Sudan and N DRCongo, possibly also extreme NW Uganda.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Locality Tendaba, Lower River Division , The Gambia
Daniêl Jimenez 2 January 2005 4 years ago 3
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